London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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| Register. | Inspections. | Forms and Notices. | Sanitary Defects Discovered. | Improvements Effected. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1906 Quarter ending. | Number of Workshops. | Number of Laundries. | Additions To. | Removals From. | Total. | Number of Workrooms. | Registered Workshops, &c. | Homeworkers' Premises. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Calls and Re-inspections. | Workrooms. | Workshops Reported to H.M. Inspector. | Homeworkers notified to Local Authorities. | Workroom Cards. | Intimation Notices Served. | Statutory Notices Served. | Workrooms Overcrowded | Workrooms insufficiently Ventilated. | Workrooms in a Dirty Condition. | Floors Defective or Undrained. | Dustbins Wanting or Defective. | Cisterns Dirty or Defective. | Drains Defective. | Drains Unventilated or Untrapped, &c. | Sanitary Conveniences, Defective or Dirty. | Insufficient Sanitary Accommodation. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Overcrowding Abated. | Additional Means of Ventilation Provided. | Rooms Whitewashed. | Floors Repaired or Drained | Dustbins, Cisterns, Roofs, &c., Repaired. | Sanitary Conveniences Repaired | Miscellaneous. | Total. |
| 31st March | 840 | 153 | 53 | 56 | 993 | 1,723 | 338 | 122 | .. | 460 | 575 | 513 | 48 | .. | 91 | 28 | .. | 7 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 4 | 13 | 110 | 7 | 3 | 46 | .. | 4 | 21 | 10 | 91 |
| 30th June | 852 | 147 | 56 | 50 | 999 | 1,722 | 232 | 68 | .. | 300 | 432 | 379 | 32 | .. | 107 | 18 | .. | 11 | 79 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 3 | 9 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 58 | .. | .. | 14 | 8 | 86 | |
| 29th September | 862 | 147 | 30 | 20 | 1,009 | 1,746 | 189 | 114 | .. | 303 | 397 | 330 | 23 | 465 | 85 | 24 | .. | 3 | .. | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 35 | 5 | 12 | 93 | 9 | .. | 45 | .. | 7 | 18 | 8 | 87 |
| 29th December | 845 | 147 | 32 | 49 | 992 | 1,719 | 266 | 86 | .. | 352 | 441 | 336 | 29 | 102 | 81 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 36 | 9 | 15 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 10 | 94 |
| Total for Year | 845 | 147 | 32 | 49 | 992 | 1,719 | 1,025 | 390 | .. | 1,415 | 1,845 | 1,558 | 132 | 567 | 364 | 90 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 181 | 6 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | 108 | 21 | 49 | 414 | 25 | 5 | 183 | 2 | 15 | 92 | 36 | 358 |